The second part of the notes from a conference call with Mary Kay national sales director Pam Shaw. Where I want to go next with you, connecting to the Shaw Time Advantage, is a growth focus and to give you Read more…
Notes from a conference call with Mary Kay national sales director Pam Shaw. The bottom line: money, recruiting, manipulation. Wash, rinse, repeat. It’s a system and a mindset and not a personality. I believe that success in Mary Kay is Read more…
Today we take a trip down memory lane. Almost three years ago, Harper’s Magazine did an expose on the Mary Kay “opportunity” that ruffled a lot of feathers. The story, The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay Cosmetics Preys on Read more…
Written by Lazy Gardens Mary Kay Ash said, “A woman who will tell her age will tell anything.” She never told her age. She also never mentioned other details that might have interfered with her carefully crafted public image as Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Note: If you haven’t yet read the article, “8 Out of 10 Mary Kay NSDs Are Okay With Lying to Customers,” please do so now, as it will provide you with the necessary background information required Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Yesterday I introduced you to a Facebook community called The Million Dollar Message Listeners (M$M ), run by six top directors who are daughters, sisters, or nieces of National Sales Directors (Kristin Rogers, Jordan Helou Eicher, Read more…
Written by The Scribbler I’m a big fan of the TV show Kitchen Nightmares. It’s an entertaining spectacle where restaurant owners contact professional chef Gordon Ramsay for help in turning their sagging businesses around. One of the first things Chef Read more…
Written by The Scribbler False income claims are the primary recruiting tool used by multi-level marketing companies to lure in new recruits. Mary Kay sales director Roya Mattis loves to say “if she can do it, I can do it Read more…
UPDATE: From July 1, 2011 through January 31, 2012 (7 months), Shelby has ordered less than $11,838 retail ($5,919 wholesale) from Mary Kay. That means her sales per month are less than $1,700 retail, nowhere near what she’d need to Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Last year a book was released titled Ask ME About MARY KAY: The true story behind the bumper sticker on the pink Cadillac, authored by Jackie Brown. Jackie Brown is one of the original consultants who Read more…

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